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A £2bn offshore wind project is poised to move ahead after developers won the right to build off the coast of Scotland after years of legal wrangling over the impact on local birds.

The Neart na Gaoithe wind farm was granted permission by the Scottish government in 2014 but wind developer Mainstream Renewable Power has been unable to move ahead due to a barrage of opposition from the RSPB.

The green group raised concern that the 64 turbines built nine miles off the coast of Fife would pose a danger to local birds.

But a Supreme Court ruling found in favour of the turbine-builders, clearing the way for work to start on the project next year.